VYPR
Low severity2.3NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1118

CVE-2018-1118

Description

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

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